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Double the Imprint

Chapter 8

Fusedtwilight: Thanks to my beta animegirlkiki for betaing. Thanks to Nadia26, FallenBleedingAngel, Evil-Angel-23, Tilius, Babaksmiles, o0FLAM350o, BB-Waters, Noble Korhedron, Jada91, MissEllen, Toshii519, and Stina Whatever for your reviwes.

Leah P.O.V

We were having a big Christmas party at the Cullen's.

Everyone was here. All the Cullen's. All the wolves. All the imprints. The elders. Charlie.

Hell, Embry even brought his mom.

Jake told Embry he could tell him mom the truth if he wanted. Embry finally decided to let her in on the secret.

Poor woman fainted when he son turned into a giant mutant wolf. When she came to she went into super protective mother mode. She was hugging him and crying and telling him how she would never let him out of her sight again.

Once we got her off him (no easy task) and calmed down we took her to see Billy and he explained the whole situation to her.

We brought up the fact only a Quileute could have passed on the gene to Embry. We didn't outright ask her who his dad was but we did give some hints.

Mrs. Call didn't say anything though. I think she got the hint we were onto the idea that she had slept with a married man and Embry was the result.

But we did not ask her outright and she made no mention nor gave no clue as to who the father was.

I knew Embry wanted to know. He had wanted to know since before he phased, but he was content to wait. But when he phased the glaring facts and everyone's desire to know.

But he was still waiting. Mrs. Call was not going to tell anyone anytime soon. I doubt she would tell Embry if he asked.

I had to wonder what it must be like for her. She had kept her shame a secret for so long. Everyone thought her lover left her, now they know her lover was a married man. Everyone knew that now. I wonder how she must feel knowing that. I also wonder if maybe the guilt and shame will eat her up.

I have nothing against her. She is nice and sweet. If anything I feel pity for her. I have a feeling when the day does come for her to tell the big secret she will have to deal with a lot of fall out.

She was talking to Esme right now. They were really hitting it off. They both loved to cook, they both loved decorating, and gardening and they both loved architecture. It was funny, she had been nervous meeting the vampires now here she was making B.F.F's with them.

Paul and Emmett were breaking in the PS3 that the Cullens bought. Those two had a bit of a rivalry going on. Ever since that time we were chasing Victoria and she shoved Emmett into Paul and they had that little spat.

Rose stood behind Emmett and Rachel stood behind Paul, each cheering there man on.

They were playing Madden and Emmett was ahead by three points.

Sam had brought all his wolves here, including the new ones. They were all around the twins. And were watched carefully by Bella, Edward, Jake and myself.

Sam thought it good for the pups to meet the Cullens. To keep them from nourishing any resentment towards them like we did. So we could avoid another incident like before.

They were getting along wonderfully with the twins. Despite the twins only looking like they were a year, maybe little more old the twins advanced intellect helped them keep up with the pups.

They were currently playing a game of Uno. Nessie and EJ had already opened their presents. Which was more then any child should be allowed to have.

The amount of wrapping paper took about three garbage cans to hold.

I had struggled to figure out what to get EJ. I mean he had a super rich family that could afford to buy him his own island, what the hell could I get him?

In the end I decided to get him this nice little locket with his initials on it. He loved it more then any other present he got. And he got some seriously cool shit too.

I told him he could open it up and place a picture in. a picture of someone he loved. So if he was ever separated from that person all he had to do was open the locket and be with them again.

I was surprised when he gave me a present.

It was a picture. A painting he drew himself. It was amazing. It looked like something that belonged in a museum. And I am not saying that because he was my imprint.

It was a picture he made of me and him. It showed just the two of us in the woods. Sunlight broke through the trees. I was laying down in my wolf form. He was laying down on top of me, his eyes closed in sleep, resting on my body.

I was amazed at the details. Everything from the blades of grass to the leaves on the trees was perfect. I asked Edward how long it took EJ to draw it and he said it only took him a few days.

EJ liked drawing more then Nessie did. Edward said drawing had been a hobby of his mother's. His human mother. He said she would spend hours drawing.

Jake got Nessie a stuffed red wolf. Nessie loved it of course.

She got him a shirt that was styled after Quileute art. It had a picture of a wolf on it.

I noticed she was still wearing the Quileute charm Jake had gotten her. The charm was our tribe's version of a promise ring. All the wolves who had imprinted had gotten their imprints one. All of them except me.

I didn't give EJ one because...I guess I didn't want to make things official. I mean I was already imprinted on him, what was the point of a charm?

I decided to take a step outside and get some fresh air. I carried a glass of soda with me and walked out on the terrace of the Cullen's house. It was a splendid view. You could see the river in the distance and the forest.

I had my shoes on but I wasn't wearing a coat. It was snowing softly. The snow turned to water before it touched my skin. Had I been human I would need a coat to protect me from the cold. But my new body temp kept me more then warm.

I watched the snow covered trees and the frozen river. I took a sip of my soda. I could hear everyone downstairs. Things were so noisy and everyone was having such a good time I doubt anyone would notice I was gone.

"Leah?"

I turned and saw EJ was standing there. He wore a black coat with a red scarf.

"EJ? What are you doing out here?" I asked.

I looked around to see if Nessie was nearby. Those two were connected by the hip usually.

"I was playing with the others but I saw you disappeared. I wanted to make sure you were okay."

He walked over to me and I put my glass down and picked him up. I held him in my arms. He opened his mouth and stuck his tongue out trying to catch a snow flake.

But it would evaporate and turn to water before it touched his mouth.

"Hey Leah?"

"Yes?"

"Are you okay?"

"Yes, why do you ask?"

"You seem sad," he said actually speaking.

"I am fine, I just miss...someone," I said.

"Do you miss your dad?"

"How did you know that?" I asked.

"Seth told me you get sad on days like this because you miss your dad."

Seth and his big mouth.

"Yes, I get a little sad because I miss him. Times like this remind me he isn't here, so I need to have some alone time so I don't bring everyone down," I said.

He wrapped his arms around my neck and gave me a hug.

"What was he like Leah? I wish I could have met him," he said.

I smiled. "I wish he could have met you too. He was a really sweet guy. He could always make you laugh and make you feel better. No matter how bad you were feeling he could make you feel just a little bit better. I guess that is where Seth gets it from."

"Did it hurt you a lot when he went away?"

"Yes it did."

He showed me his memory of when the Volturi used their power on me at the same time. I shuddered because my own memory was still fresh. I can't even begin to describe what it was like. To have every mind-fucking power they had hitting me at the same time.

"I was so scared I was going to lose you Leah. I hated them for hurting you and I hated myself for getting you hurt. If I lost you I don't know what I would have done."

He looked so sad and full of pain.

"Hey, I am okay. Don't be feeling bad for what could have been," I said.

He smiled and it was so sweet and beautiful.

"Leah. I have an idea!"

I smiled. When ever EJ got an idea it was funny.

"What?"

"Let's talk to your dad together!"

My smile faltered.

"But EJ…"

"I know he's dead, but grandpa Carlisle said when we die and if we are good we go to Heaven and we live with God and his son Jesus."

He turned to look up at the sky and closed his eyes.

"EJ what are you doing?"

"Talking to God. I am asking him if he could let your dad spend Christmas with us so you can talk to him again and I can meet him."

He got a scowl on his face and I could tell he was focusing really hard.

"Why isn't God speaking back?"

I decided to do something quick before he accidentally started talking to some random person who thought they were hearing voices.

"God is busy EJ. Let's not bother him okay?"

"No! I want to meet your dad! I want you to not be sad!"

He turned to the sky; he put his hands to his mouth and shouted both mentally and vocally.

"God ! Could you please tell Leah's dad we want to talk?"

"God ! Could you please tell Leah's dad we want to talk?"

Nothing happened. My mind and my ears were ringing. Holy crap this kid could shout!

Nothing happened. EJ looked disappointed. Then the wind began to pick up. Some of the clouds in the sky broke and a single ray of sun shine shined on us.

EJ shook my shoulder and pointed at the sky.

"Look Leah! God heard me! He's letting your dad speak with us!" he waved at the ray of light. "Hi Leah's dad! I am Leah's friend EJ. Thank you for coming to visit us. Sorry to bother you but Leah was feeling sad because she misses you and I want her to not be sad so if you could talk to her for just a minute that would be nice. Quick Leah, speak to him!" he said.

I quickly shook my head, thanking fortune for the turn of events.

"Um, hi dad. This is EJ. He's Bella Swan's son. He is really sweet and very energetic. Gets in a lot of trouble too. I just want to let you know I miss you and I think of you a lot. Mom and Seth miss you too, we all do. I wish you were here celebrating with us. But I know you are in a better place and are watching over us. I love you dad, Merry Christmas."

The wind blew again and the clouds covered the sky, cutting off the light.

A single tear fell down my face. EJ wiped off with his finger. He sniffed the tear and licked it off his finger.

"Do you feel better Leah?"

I smiled at him and kissed him on the cheek.

"Yes, I feel a lot better EJ, thank you."

Merry Christmas Leah," he said.

I hugged him. "Merry Christma-"

SPLAT!

The words were cut off as a giant snowball hit us. We shrieked in surprise and I looked down on the ground. Emmett and the others stood down. Emmett had a huge grin on his face.

"Guess what time it is!" he yelled.

I bared my teeth at him. "Time for payback!"

"Let's get him Leah!" EJ yelled with a smile.

EJ P.O.V

I pulled the snowball I made back and threw it.

It flew through the air and hit Uncle Jasper right on the back of his head.

He turned around to see who did it. His eyes narrowed on me as I laughed at him. Aunt Alice was next to him giggling at the look of indignation on his face.

He reached down and gathered a huge snow ball in his hands, a smile on his face.

"Oh no, someone save me," I said pretending to be afraid.

He pulled his hand back, getting ready to throw the snow ball at me.

"Now Nessie!" I yelled.

A snow ball shot from the sky and hit him right on the head. He looked up and another one hit him right on the face, then another and another.

Nessie sat on a tree branch, a small pile of snow balls next to her. She gave me a thumbs up and I gave her one back.

"Team work baby! Don't mess with the twins!"

We were outside now. The older Quileute people were inside. They were too old for snowball fights. Charlie was inside too. Grandpa Carlisle and Grandma Esme were too, they didn't want to ignore the guests. They were watching the TV, there was a game on.

Everyone else went outside.

Leah was a lot more happy and cheerful after she said hi to her dad. When I go to bed tonight I was going to say an extra thank you to God for letting her dad talk to her. I like it when Leah is happy.

My victory over Uncle Jasper was short lived. I had been so busy celebrating I forgot about Aunt Alice. A snowball hit me on the chest and I fell back.

I sat up and saw she was grinning at me now. I smiled at her and grabbed a handful of snow and tossed it at her. She dodged it and it hit Uncle Jasper who was starting to get up.

"I need help here!"

My mental plea was answered. The younger Quileute kids me and Nessie met today came running from the trees. They threw snowball after snowball at Aunt Alice but she dodged them all.

"Yes my minions! Destroy them!" I laughed manically.

"Dude, we are not your minions," one of the boys said.

"Aww, come on man, its Christmas," I said.

They all looked at one another then me. Before I knew it I was being pelted with snowballs.

"Mutiny! Mutiny!" I yelled.

"I'll save you EJ!" Nessie yelled. She jumped to the tree the wolves were under and began to shake the limbs. A mass of snow fell down on top of them.

Mom and Dad laughed as we had fun.

Dad ducked and he missed being hit by a snowball.

"Aw come on Edward, just one time!" Uncle Emmett said appearing from behind a tree.

"Face it Emmett, you will never beat me at anything," Dad said looking smug.

SPLAT!

Mom began to giggle as Dad turned to glare at me.

"Don't worry Uncle Emmett I have your back!" I said waving at him.

"That's my favorite nephew!" he said.

"So my own son has turned against me?" Dad asked. He reached down and grabbed a handful of snow. "Well, I think it is time you receive a lesson on how to treat your elders my boy."

I threw another snowball at him. "You talk too much."

Dad chased me around throwing snowballs at me.

"Mom! Dad's picking on me!" I yelled.

She just smiled her eyes warm and loving. It quickly turned to irritation when Uncle Emmett threw a snowball at her.

"Ha! That's for beating me at arm wrestling!" he roared in triumph.

Dad tackled me. He picked me up and tossed me in the air. "What now EJ?" he asked.

I giggled.

Nessie came down from her tree and before dad could toss me up she tackled him. "Get him!" she yelled.

We all laughed as we threw snow on dad.

We made a snowman after we got done throwing snowballs. That was a lot of fun. We gave it a carrot for a nose, made a smiley face with charcoal, gave it a hat and scarf and used sticks to give him arms.

After a few hours we went back inside. We were all wet from the snow. Aunt Esme me got us fresh warm clothes and made us hot chocolate.

It wasn't as good as blood but it made me warm.

Nessie and I were a little tired and we decided to take a little nap. Our heads rested toward one another. Like how we did before we were born. I remember those days when we were in mom's belly.

I remember hearing voices and people speaking. I remember how hard Nessie and I tried not to hurt mom, but every day we got bigger and the world around us got smaller.

I remember how Nessie enjoyed the sound of Jake's voice. I never understood why she liked his voice so much.

Then I remember the day I heard Leah spoke. She was yelling at mom. It made her cry, but I could not help but be attracted to the voice, even if it was mad and screaming.

There was something so beautiful about it.

Then we were born and I met Leah. I finally got to meet the owner of the wonderful voice.

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. I knew I sometimes projected my thoughts when I slept. I knew mom would use her shield to keep my power from projecting into Charlie's head. He was still on a need to know basis.

Leah P.O.V

I watched as EJ and Nessie slept between their mom and dad.

They had a lot of fun playing with the new wolves outside. We all had fun. I haven't had that much fun in a long time. Usually I got my kicks out of killing vampires.

I sat next to Emily. Sam had left to escort the pups back to their houses. We promised their parents they would be back at a certain time.

I was glad they got along so well with the twins. They were cautious at first, but the twin's newborn charm quickly won them over.

"So Leah, what will you do now?" Emily asked me.

"Huh?"

"Well now that the Volturi are gone and everyone is safe what will you do?"

"I haven't really thought about it. I just wanted to enjoy things now that we got some peace and order back," I said.

"Didn't you want to go to college?"

"Well yeah, but..."

"But you imprinted," she said.

"Yeah. Between patrolling and college I wouldn't have much time with EJ," I said.

"You could take college courses at home," she said.

"Yeah. I mean I wanted to get a dorm and experience the whole thing myself. I want to further my education. I want to better myself for him."

She took a sip of her hot chocolate.

"Leah, can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"Well...what are you and Jake going to do when the Cullens have to move?"

I didn't answer her. Jake and I had tried not to think about it. But how much longer could they stay? How long before even the most dull witted human realized Carlisle wasn't aging? How much longer could the Cullen's stay here?

How much longer could I stay here?

Month's passed with no incident.

Soon the snow melted and the flowers began to bloom. Spring brought with it life and warmth. Or as warm as the state can get.

I still spent plenty of time with EJ, still patrolled the border. Got a job. Bella put in a good word for me at her old job at the Newton's store.

Their son Mike had left for College and Bella quit when she married Edward so they were in need of some new workers.

It was a good job. I got good hours and I was already a pro when it came to camping. I was well suited for the job.

EJ and Nessie were continuing to grow at an accelerated rate. Hard to believe eight months ago they were just born.

I thought of my life before I imprinted. How I was so full of anger and bitterness. Now I felt so much better. I finally had a shining light in the dark to lead me to a better place.

I had begun to forgive myself. I blamed myself for dad dying, I was angry at Sam and Emily and I was mad I was a freak and mad that I couldn't have kids.

But now all that pain has been greatly numbed down.

I was however worried because Jake and I would be taking Nessie and EJ to La Push.

They had been wanting to visit our home and had talked their parents into letting them go. We had already cleared everything with the elders and Sam.

Still I worried. If anyone knows how bad the simplest of things can wrong, it's me.

EJ chased after Nessie down the beach.

They had only been in La Push for little less then an hour but they were having a blast.

Nessie was calmer about it but EJ was spazzing out. He was excited about every little thing from the trees to the smallest blade of grass.

We had stopped by Quil's grocery store to grab some food. We were planning on camping out tonight. Quil was working and greeted us when we stepped in.

Nessie looked around the store in wonder, EJ was all over the place. Poor kid was going to have a meltdown if he kept this up.

"You know, we just got a new order of Red Bull in the back if you're thirsty," Quil said grinning at the twins.

Their faces turned green a little and they gagged. They would not be forgetting the Red Bull incident for a long time.

The twins wanted to swim, they had higher body temperatures but the water was too cold to be swimming. If some normal human saw them swimming they would find it odd.

We took them to the cliffs. We had told them how we jumped off them for fun. EJ got all excited and was actually going to jump off the cliff!

Thank God I had better then normal reflexes and was able to catch him before he fell down.

I swear that kid is going to be the death of me.

We showed them all the big places. The schools, the beach, the woods, the book store, the La Push community building. There really wasn't much to show.

The museum was a big hit though. They loved learning more about our people's culture.

Soon the sky turned dark and we made a nice fire. We broke out the hot dogs and made some smores.

Jake told the great story of our tribes. Of Taha Aki and the third wife. He was a really good story teller, just like his dad. He didn't have the wise and knowing voice Billy had but he did a good job when it came to the dramatic parts.

Nessie and EJ watched him with rapt attention as he told the story. They gasped at all the right parts, cheered when Taka Aki defeated Utlapa and wept when the third wife killed herself.

By the time he was done Nessie was wiping her eyes.

"That is so sad...why did she have to die?" Nessie asked.

"Yeah, why didn't she just cut her arm or something?" EJ asked.

"Well...she knew that once the cold woman attacked her she was dead already. Plus she was mad with grief so she wasn't thinking right. But her sacrifice saved us all," Jake said.

Nessie stood up and put her hands on her hips and glared at Jake. "Well if you're all so grateful why couldn't you remember her name Jake? I think it is a little sexist for all the men's names to be remembered but the woman who saved the tribe is forgotten."

"Amen sister," I said.

I always thought it was bullshit as well. She is so important and saved the tribe but we forgot her name. This is what happens when men are in charge of history. They happen to forget shit.

"Well let's give her a name!" EJ said standing up. "Too long has the third wife gone nameless, well this night that ends!"

"Yeah, let's give her a name!" Nessie said.

"But no one knows her name, that is why we call her the third wife," Jake said.

"Well, we will give her a new name!" EJ said. He thought for a moment then smiled. "I know, let's call her Leah!"

"You can't call her Leah," Nessie said.

"Why not?" EJ asked indignantly.

"Because Leah is a Hebrew name and the Quileute's didn't start using names like that until the settlers made contact with them."

"But Leah is a good strong name," he said giving me the sweetest little smile.

"We should give her a Quileute name. She was a Quileute and died for her tribe so it should be a Quileute name," Nessie said.

"Leah is a Quileute name," EJ said.

"No it's not!" Nessie said.

"Hello!" EJ said pointing at me.

"Leah is Quileute but the name Leah is not," Nessie said.

"That doesn't make sense!"

I looked at Jake and he had a small smirk on his face. Nessie and EJ loved one another dearly, but like all siblings they had moments when they butted heads.

"Tell you what, let's think of names later. Let's just enjoy the rest of the night," Jake said.

We spent the rest of the night using a telescope to look at the stars. The shined brightly tonight. We showed them all the constellations and the stories behind them.

Eventually it was time for bed. I got our beds ready. It was warm enough out we decided to sleep outside. Jake poured some water on the fire while I got the sleeping bags ready.

Nessie and EJ laid between me and Jake. Nessie cuddled against Jake and EJ next to me. The twins held hands and shared dreams with one another.

We had picked an isolated spot in La Push. Someplace we were sure where we would not be bothered.

The dream the twins had was hilarious.

In their dream they met with the third wife. I don't know whose imagination it was, I was thinking EJ's because the third wife looked like a combination of me and my mom.

Once again they were arguing with one another what to name her. Each name they would ask her and she would shake her head no.

I looked over to Jake and saw his eyes were twinkling with humor.

"Crazy kids," he said.

"They kind of remind me of us when we were kids. Remember how we used to fight like cats and dogs?" I asked.

"Used too?"

"Shut it."

He laughed. "This is great. Everything is really perfect. No fighting, no drama, nothing. Everything did work out in the end huh?"

"So far," I said.

"What's that mean?"

"What can I say, I am a pessimist, I expect the worst to happen."

"Don't think like that."

"Can't help it," I said.

"Everything will be fine now Leah. You don't have to worry."

"Someone has to," I said. "Someone has to be ready for when something bad happens."

"If you expect something bad to happen then it might happen."

"What you think people can will things to happen?" I asked.

"That vampire from the Irish coven can," he said.

I laughed.

"I am just being cautious that is all. I want to be ready in case something happens. That way I can avoid heart break."

"EJ won't break your heart Leah," Jake said.

"I didn't say he would. I learned the hard way you should always be ready for the bad things. I wasn't and look what happened to me. Sam, my dad, I never expected any of those things to happen and I went through a world of hurt."

"I'm sorry you had to go through all that Leah. I am sorry we were so hard on you. I was to busy feeling sorry for myself I was blind to the pain you were going through," he said looking regretful.

"Hey, I wasn't exactly the easiest person to feel sympathy for," I said.

"That's true," he said.

"Don't think I won't strike you," I warned him.

"Who'd have thought you and me would be doing this? Camping with our imprints and acting all chummy. Life is full of surprises."

"Some better then others," I said.

We stopped talking and relaxed. EJ and Nessie were now dreaming they were on the beach. Nessie was swimming on a dolphin and EJ was sitting on a very large turtle. The dolphin I understood, but the turtle?

One of the very many things I liked about EJ was he always made me laugh.

God knows I needed that in my life.

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